Name Jennifer Holt Role Actress | Siblings Tim Holt, Imogene Woods | |
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Full Name Elizabeth Marshall Holt Born November 10, 1920 Hollywood, California, U.S. Movies Song of Old Wyoming, The Hawk of Powder River, Hop Harrigan, Ghost Town Renegades, Stick to Your Guns Similar People | ||
Parents Jack Holt, Margaret Woods | ||
Fashion shoot with carly hamilton and jennifer holt
Jennifer Holt (November 10, 1920 – September 21, 1997) was an American actress.
Contents
- Fashion shoot with carly hamilton and jennifer holt
- Jennifer holt new paradigms
- Early years
- Film
- Television
- Recognition
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Jennifer holt new paradigms
Early years
Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. She and her brother Tim would both have careers in acting.
Film
Holt made her film debut using the stage name "Jacqueline Holt" in a 1941 western starring Hopalong Cassidy. A 1942 newspaper article reported, "Jennifer Holt ... has been signed to a long term contract with Universal." Her film singing debut came in Tenting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground in 1943. She sang Cielito Lindo while portraying an entertainer.
She went on to make 47 films during the 1940s. All but eight of her roles were in western films in which she appeared opposite cowboy stars such as Lash LaRue, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown.
Although the popularity of western films had faded by the mid-1950s, during the 1970s western film festivals became popular with fans of the genre and she occasionally participated as a guest.
Television
After making her final film in 1949, in 1950 Holt co-hosted a television show called Panhandle Pete and Jennifer which ran for one season. During the remainder of the 1950s she made occasional guest appearances on television western series such as The Gabby Hayes Show and Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson.
Recognition
In 1984, she was honored by the Golden Boot Awards for her contributions to western cinema.
Personal life
Holt was married several times, living for a while in Mexico. Her first husband was Marine Major William M. Ritchey, from whom she sought a divorce after having been married four months. The divorce was granted August 4, 1944. She married actor William Bakewell September 29, 1946. She filed suit for divorce from Bakewell April 23, 1948. The divorce was granted June 10, 1948.
Death
Holt was in Dorset in England at the time of her death in 1997.